210 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the New England States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in April 2022, and represent additions from the past 5 months. There is a total of 2,330 historical newspapers available to search for free from the New England States. Just […]
280 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid Atlantic States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in April 2022, and represent additions from the past 5 months. There is a total of 6,675 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid Atlantic States. Just […]
4,185 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Mid West States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in April 2022, and represent additions from the past 5 months. There is a total of 18,900 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Mid West States. Just […]
A lot of genealogy types discuss (argue?) which term is a summary of what we do. A common result is that genealogy is about names and dates, as well as DNA and relationships. And Family History is more about the life stories of our ancestors. What happens when we graph the usage of the terms […]
Hello to The Ancestor Hunt readers! Here is the latest Bi-monthly Newsletter. It includes links to all of the articles published since the previous newsletter, as well as articles that I think you might find interesting from other authors. It also includes research tips, a joke or two, and other interesting genealogical stuff. It is […]
FamilySearch continues to add or update its records collections at a fast pace for us to search. For the period of April 15, 2022, the added/updated collections are: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939 Australia, Albany, Inward Passenger Lists, 1873-1924 […]
1,285 new and updated Free Online Historical Newspaper Links have been added to the Southern States’ free “newspaper link lists”: These were all updated in April 2022, and represent additions from the past 5 months. There is a total of 13,175 historical newspapers available to search for free from the Southern States. Just click on […]
Military records are yet another very useful set of records that will help you in finding more about your ancestors. There are a ton of records that are available for free online, and there are some very robust collections (such as Fold3 and Ancestry) that have sizable online military collections as well. Typically, military records […]
Another type of genealogy record that provides tremendous value is criminal records. Some of our ancestors unfortunately got in trouble with the law. And records were kept from arrests through court cases to prison documents. Now, more and more of these records are being digitized or transcribed and are being made available online. Types of […]
In February 2017, I started publishing a list of the catalog of online historical newspapers from over 400 different collections put together by the Advantage Archives Company, developed in conjunction with the libraries, historical societies, and museums across the U.S. that preserve the historical newspapers for their communities. The list has grown a lot since […]